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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Beauty and Design.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the philosopher who wrote Meditations?
(a) Leibniz.
(b) Kant.
(c) Hume.
(d) Descartes.

2. Whose philosophies did Kant revive in the distinction between practical and theoretical knowledge?
(a) Hume.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Plato.

3. Which of the following represented a difficulty for Kant because he wanted to classify it as practical reason?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Death.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Logic.

4. Kant's "Critique of Judgment" is considered to be which of the following?
(a) Strongly argued but disorganized.
(b) Concise and clear.
(c) Concise and focused.
(d) Disorganized and unclear.

5. According to Kant, what does the notion of change imply?
(a) Some mediums only exist in the past.
(b) Some mediums are unchanged.
(c) Some mediums will only exist in the future.
(d) Some mediums are constantly changing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Kant influenced by Leibniz?

2. What type of judgment is beauty?

3. What describes the second formulation of Kant's categorical imperative?

4. Which of the following is an example of antinomy?

5. According to Scruton, Kant was the first philosopher since whom to place a significant emphasis on aesthetics?

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